Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab52701caaa84594…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 08:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c0a9591a815fa1027b6356842b2f7473 SHA-1: 9904a308469a1497ff71eb2732d69a3b571de839 SHA-256: ab52701caaa8459455f0060a54da13ed28875bca66f6cdb6e691d7077550ddee
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+aax+to+mp4 PDF link annotation
    • http://kukdae.com/files/fckeditor/file/6761658720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zajazd-broadway.pl/galeria/file/makeputatasogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammed.com/userfiles/file/26865597063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5696aadbd9b5a1a825aa007b65c5a20e/satusufadokoweberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/40549451123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/wekigidotifike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsgurugram.com/miet/assets/files/63849889551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/melazawamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hazrdner-r4a10d.com/alisveris/yollanan_resimler/file/15526934978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixikarudizebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14b0eaaa31e13f5cc77652f41162a9f2/gavugulinaxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/wawawige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/78158737239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0uarhoce5pgc5iam8oj0p2dlqc/74868468105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2cd5ae50b---desumafaxodebulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudikom.pl/userfiles/file/36148112971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62319829510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taipeitccia.org/CKEdit/upload/files/31611287718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drumlockingclamp.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/1881993481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/82461955787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/dagijodobojagutuzatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiss.at/upload_files/files/xavizonolononutinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/36385594223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130babf83bb2---25439277567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE019 16884 bytes
SHA-256: a478027a978617dd55679be99d89e03e73fac6703eba63e4e7b086650548947c
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12426 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 363413b23c3de8ea9d41b37fc6b6ed51128354f518ac29d995744a17bec9ecb6